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Workforce

‘She pushed me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to better myself’

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Labour vows to continue Tory-initiated work to tackle social worker workloads

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Children, Workforce

More children at risk of extra-familial harm or reliant on food banks, say social workers

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Workforce

Social workers weigh in on how to improve the ASYE

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Workforce

UNISON plans nationwide strike ballot after members reject revised council pay offer in Scotland

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Adults, Social work leaders

No plans to scrap single-word ratings for adults’ services, says government

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Regions seeking to develop joint agreement on employing agency social workers

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Janet Daby

Children, Social work leaders

Government to legislate to tackle ‘profiteering’ in children’s social care, says minister

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Children, Social work leaders

Regional care commissioning test-bed sites selected

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Workforce

To my practice educator: ‘You helped me build resilience during challenging times’

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social work in the 2000s: New Labour’s focus on performance management

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Not the role of social work courses to train students in specialist practice areas, say academic leaders

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Adults, Social work leaders

60% of community social care services have no or ‘outdated’ performance rating, analysis finds

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Adults, Workforce

‘Our clients were invisible until our team came into being’: leading a service supporting homeless people

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Workforce

UNISON opens strike ballot over local government pay offer

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Children, Social work leaders

Response to neglect ‘slow and inadequate’ due to high thresholds and lack of services, finds NSPCC

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